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Mr. Tom Posted 13 years ago
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What happened next is a matter for conjecture.

Hi

Would you say that both of these statements are the same?

What happened next is a matter for conjecture.
What happened next is a matter of conjecture.

Thanks,

Tom
  

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Both are used. The meaning is very similar, but if there is a slight difference I would say that "for" is more anticipating conjecture and "of" is more stating that it exists. content=matter+of+conjecture%2C+matter+for+conjecture&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share =

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  • Both are used.
  • The meaning is very similar, but if there is a slight difference I would say that "for" is more anticipating conjecture and "of" is more stating that it exists.
  • content=matter+of+conjecture%2C+matter+for+conjecture&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3&share =
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Both are used. The meaning is very similar, but if there is a slight difference I would say that "for" is more anticipating conjecture and "of" is more stating that it exists. "of" feels more common to me, which is borne out by this:

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